CVE-2024-51941

Apache Ambari: Remote Code Injection in Ambari Metrics and AMS Alerts

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Updated
Sep 3, 2025
Reserved
Nov 4, 2024

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Description

A remote code injection vulnerability exists in the Ambari Metrics and AMS Alerts feature, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability occurs when processing alert definitions, where malicious input can be injected into the alert script execution path. An attacker with authenticated access can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the server. The issue has been fixed in the latest versions of Ambari.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache AmbariApache Software Foundation
  • 2.7.8 and earlierAffected

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